Coach Beaney
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Just the sixth coach in the 30-year history of the University of Southern Maine's
men's ice hockey program, veteran head coach Jeff Beaney begins his 22nd season at
the helm of the Huskies. With nearly a quarter of a century long relationship
with the USM ice hockey program, Beaney served as the Huskies' assistant coach
for two season before taking control in 1987.
The winningest coach in school history with a 207-288-28 career record, Beaney
earned his 200th career victory during the 2007-2008 season with a 7-4 win over
Suffolk University. Over the past four seasons, Beaney's charges have compiled a
56-41-9 record and earned their first-ever top 10 national ranking, rising to
seventh in the USCHO.com National Poll during the 2007-2008 season.
Over the past 21 seasons, Beaney has mentored his student-athletes to individual
accolades, including two ACHA All-Americans, ECAC North Player of the Year and ECAC
East Goaltender of the Year honors. Since joining the ECAC East in 1995, Beaney's
players have earned 15 All-ECAC and six NEWA All-New England awards.
A 1977 graduate of Lake Placid High School, Beaney attended the University of New
Hampshire for two years before transferring to New England College where he played
for his older brother, Bill, presently the head coach at Middlebury College. Beaney
was twice named to the All-ECAC Division II East team and was named to the All-New
England squad as selected by the New England Hockey Writers Association. In his
two seasons at NEC, he scored 45 goals and 84 assists for 129 points. He won the
team's Leo Callahan Coaches Award his senior year.
Upon graduation from New England College, Beaney signed with the Quebec Nordiques
as a free agent. He was assigned to the Nordiques' Erie, Penn., affiliate in the
Eastern Hockey League. He played one season with the Nordiques organization before
accepting a one-season position as the player-coach of an Elite Team in Copenhagen,
Denmark. He returned to the states as an assistant hockey and lacrosse coach at
Colby College in 1984.
Beaney received his degree in secondary education/history from New England College
in 1982.
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